On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Michael G. Schabert wrote:

> At 9:23 PM -0500 9/3/03, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> >On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Michael D. Spence wrote:
> >
> >>  1) Is there a way to do the emacs mode thing with csh, and
> >
> >I don't think so. With "csh", !! recalls the last command.
> >
> >>  2) What would happen if I changed the root shell?  I'm
> >>  reluctant to do this lest I break something.
> >
> >Nothing; there are no consequences to changing root's shell on NetBSD.
>
> This must be qualified by the addition of AS LONG AS THE SHELL WILL
> ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE.
>
> For instance, if /usr/pkg is a separate partition, using a packaged
> shell as root's shell can cause issues when starting in single-user
> mode where /usr/pkg isn't mounted. This is why there's packages like
> standalone-tcsh which installs directly into /bin/.

Actually, in single-user mode, you get prompted to choose a shell, so
that issue is overrated. 8-)

> Of course so far the discussion has been regarding NetBSD-shipped
> shells, which makes it moot, but I believe it must still be stated :).

Frederick